Tomorrows record attempt

Hey Guys,

Tomorrow Justin Gillen, Jenn Whaley, Rick Poe and I are leaving for Stead to attend the 2015 Pylon Racing Seminar (rookie school).  We are flying two bad ass airplanes up (Tangotimemachine and the GT400), and attempting to set two records while we are at it (point to point, MHV to RTS, C1b/C1c).

I can't decide what I am more pumped about, that two good friends who have helped Jenn and I make Wasabi what it is are going to get their race tickets, or that we have an opportunity to get Ralph Wise and his GT-400 in the record books.  Either way it is going to be awesome and I am pumped.

Attached are some pictures of some of the preparation building up to these attempts.

You can follow along on tomorrows flight on our spot page (link).  We plan to launch after lunch (1:30 PST).

Wish us luck!!

Airplanes are cool,
Elliot

May Sport Av

Article here (link)

Hey Guys,

I hope you have a chance to check out the May Sport Aviation (link).  James Wynbrandt and Tyson Rininger really did a knock out job with this article about our non-stop formation flight to Oshkosh 2014 (link).  The pilots and crew for the 7 aircraft involved were (Justin Gillen, Jenn Whaley, Zach Reeder, Niki Dugue, Rebecca Pontius, Doug Dodson, Dustin Riggs, Brianne Terrell, Brandon Cangiano, and Ben Harvey). 

Thank you to EAA, Sport Aviation and Mac McClellan for the honor and the privilege, such a great day.

And thank you to our friends that made that trip possible;
Justin Gillen, Rick Poe, Susan Fine, Donald McMullin, Craig Catto, Robbie Grove, Whitney Brown Kelsey Moran, Thomas Wilson, Ralph Wise, Dave Ronneberg, Ben Harvey, Paul Dye, Richard VanderMeulen, Eric Stewart, MGL Avionics, Mojave Air and Spaceport, Spot Tracker, E-Mag, and Whirlwind Propellers.

Thanks again,
Elliot and Jenn

Elliot, Jenn, and Justin, Photo: Tyson Rininger (link)

Rick Solo's a Tailwind

Hey Guys,

There is something right in the world when Rick flies a Tailwind, solo, for the first time.

What a fun summer this will be, and what a pretty airplane.

Congrats Rick, and Congrats Susan!

Elliot and Jenn

Good friends in a pinch

Good to have good friends in a pinch.

We would like to thank long time friends and new sponsors to Wasabi Rick Poe and Susan Fine.  Always good for some hangar flying and performance speculation the Rick and Susan proved to be life savers last week when they donated some much needed hardware to the cause.  Rick and Susan are long time Formula One fanatics, with more data on the class and its racers than just about anybody we have met.  They are currently building a wicked tailwind but have two modified Cassutts waiting in line to occupy Rick’s capable shop.

Thank you Rick and Susan!

-Race 68